At the crest of the 2015 nationalist tsunami which pulverised Labour in Scotland was the seat of Glasgow North East, where the SNP candidate Anne McLaughlin achieved a swing so outrageous it broke the BBC’s swing-o-meter. It’s a curious situation then, to be talking to the newly elected Labour MP Paul Sweeney, who has just achieved a hefty swing himself to oust the SNP and take back a seat which is ranked as one of the most deprived in the UK.
While the SNP remains the dominant party in Scotland with 35 seats, more than both Labour and resurgent Tories combined, this is the kind of victory which Labour activists and chiefs would barely let themselves dream of after their Red Wedding-esque cull two years ago.
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